The 1920s Flashcards
What was the urban life like? List a few characteristics.
Urban life was in the cities. There were large crowds of strangers and ambitious young people wanted to make money. No morals or traditional things.
During the 1920s what continued to accelerate?
Urbanization
What was the rural life like? List a few characteristics.
Rural life was people who lived in the country. A lot of isolation from neighbors. It was safer, citizens worked harder, and people still had morals. Men were polite and wedding vows were still sacred.
Prohibition went into place with the ____ Amendment.
18th
The new prohibition law made it illegal to do what?
To make, sell, or transport liquor.
What were a few reasons for Prohibition?
Husbands were abusing their wives and children. Children picked up on bad habits from abusive fathers. Money was being wasted on alcohol instead of feeding his family.
To obtain liquor illegally drinkers went ___________ __ ______ _______ known as ___________.
To obtain liquor illegally drinkers went underground to hidden saloons known as speakeasies.
People also bought liquor from ___________ who ________ it in from what 3 places?
To obtain liquor from bootleggers who smuggled it in from Canada, Cuba, and West Indies.
What contributed to the growth of organized crime in every major city?
Prohibition
Chicago became home to who and what was he famous for and how did he take control of the liquor business?
Chicago became home to Al Capone (famous bootlegger) who took control of the liquor business by killing competition.
What did the government fail to do?
Control liquor
The task of enforcing Prohibition fell to what?
1,500 poorly paid federal agents clearly an impossible tax.
By the mid 1920s only ___% supported Prohibition-they thought it caused more problems than it solved.
19%
The ____ Amendment finally repealed Prohibition in 1933.
The 21st Amendment finally repealed Prohibition in 1933.
A 1920’s battleground was between what 2 groups over the truths of science?
Fundamentalist Religious Groups and Secular Thinkers.
What is fundamentalism?
The Protestant movement grounded in the literal interpretation of the bible.
March 1925 what state passed the nations first law making it a crime to teach what subject?
Tennessee; evolution
What does ACLU stand for?
American Civil Liberty Union
What did the ACLU promise?
To defend any teacher who challenged the law.
Who decided to fight the law about the teaching of evolution?
John Scope
Who did the ACLU hire?
Clarence Darrow
Who did the prosecution hire?
William Jennings Bryan
When did the trial open?
July 10, 1925
What was the key question and the key answer of the Scope trial?
Key Question: Should the bible be interpreted literally?
Key Answer: Admited the bible can be interpreted in different ways.
